Another public employment case has generated a recovery of $571,797 on behalf of a former employee of the California Department of Transportation. In this case, litigated by Rob Hennig and others, the worker, Tony Brake, contended that the head of the Office of Chief of Structures Maintenance and Investigations...

federal government As a leading California Whistle Blower law firm, we like to share with you new developments in the law of Whistle blowing. Last week, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the largest private security background check contractor, accusing it of methodically filing more than 660,00...

As one of California's leading whistle blower law firms, we are constantly asked by our potential clients, (who, lets assume, hve reported their company for fraud to the government) whether its worth the trouble to file a lawsuit for wrongful termination or other retaliation. A recent article in the Wall Street...

As one of California's statewide employee-only law firms, Stephen Danz is always pleased to report a victory by our partners in the representation of California's employees. Today, a verdict was reached in excess of one million dollars in a case against DIRECT TV. In this case, the plaintiff-former employee had...

We are pleased to report a verdict in excess of $1,000,000 against the City of Los Angeles in the matter of Jubari Jumaane vs. City of Los Angeles. In this case, the City and the LAFD were successfully sued based on the employee's complaint of workplace racism and discrimination. Blatant racial slurs, jokes and...

As one of California's largest employee-only law firms, most of our potential clients who have discrimination claims against their California employers are surprised to find out the federal agency, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, is not the preferred agency for them to report their initial com...

Discrimination With the economy in the dumps over the past decade employers have gotten somewhat lax in their self-policing of discrimination among employees and supervisors.  Banking on the fact that most employees would rather put up with some level of discomfort rather than run the risk of losing their jobs ...

Everyone pretty much understands getting unwanted sexual attention at work can form the basis for a charge of violation of the law. Most potential clients who contact us at Los Angeles Employment Attorney are familiar with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission but fewer still understand the role of the St...

Today we are announcing the publication of our newest edition of the Causes of Action Checklist 2014. This is a major tool used by California plaintiff's employment lawyers to make sure they have included all relevant causes of action in their client's cases. We are honored to have many excellent suggestions ma...

California Whistleblower Protection Whistleblower claims have become more prevalent in California and across the nation in recent years. One of the main reasons for the increased action is that various government agencies responsible for policing and prosecuting whistleblower claims have instituted policies wher...